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the main u.s. air force base in afghanistan. blaming nato troops for throwing the holy books away with a pile of trash. nato officials are trying to do damage control. the top general in the country says it was a mistake. he ordered an investigation and is offering an apology. >> i promise you this was not intentional in any way. >> afghan official says local workers saw what was going on and recovered the burning books. one report says it was remove frd a jail library because inmates were leaving notes inside to fuel extremism. the incident angered afghan to already think foreign troops are not respectful of their religion. this man says they are the enemy of our soil, our honor, and our koran. u.s. helicopters fired flairs to try to break up the crowd. but after a decade of war, protesters are fed up. they threw stones and demanded that troops leave their country if they can't bring peace. rita for cbs news. >> in fact, nato troops plan to leave afghanistan in the year 2014. >>> domonique strauss-kahn's name is surfacing. the
the main u.s. air force base in afghanistan. blaming nato troops for throwing the holy books away with a pile of trash. nato officials are trying to do damage control. the top general in the country says it was a mistake. he ordered an investigation and is offering an apology. >> i promise you this was not intentional in any way. >> afghan official says local workers saw what was going on and recovered the burning books. one report says it was remove frd a jail library because...
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botanical gardens at the u.s. capitol. >> the annual orchid exhibit opens tomorrow and features orchids from around the world. the exhibit is called orchid mystique and coincides with the 100th anniversary of japan's gift of the cherry blossom trees to washington. in addition you'll also find pictures of north american japanese gardens from the award winning photographer david cobb. >> makes you think about spring. >>> coming up driver versus bicyclist, this is never a good match-up. road rage caught on tape. >>> but up next it's hit one area of college campus and now we hear of another norovirus outbreak in one virginia elementary school. we'll talk about that plus how you can protect yourself from this very contagious infection. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to n
botanical gardens at the u.s. capitol. >> the annual orchid exhibit opens tomorrow and features orchids from around the world. the exhibit is called orchid mystique and coincides with the 100th anniversary of japan's gift of the cherry blossom trees to washington. in addition you'll also find pictures of north american japanese gardens from the award winning photographer david cobb. >> makes you think about spring. >>> coming up driver versus bicyclist, this is never a good...
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the afghan president says that the u.s. military officer, burned the holy books out of ignorance and with poor understanding. he is pressing nato to put those responsible on trial. outrage is spreading across the country. these protesters, they say that the foreign forces, they have insulted their culture and they don't respect their religion. huge anti-american demonstrations, they are expected to sweep across the country on friday after a day of prayer. tina krauss, cbs news. >> and those protests are spreading to more cities. at least 11 people have died so far in all that violence. lesli? >>> debate is underway to make maryland the eighth state along with the district to recognize gay marriages. the 47-member senate is considering amendments to the legislation before casting votes. the full house has passed that same-sex marriage bill. the senate is expected to follow suit and forward the historic measure to governor martin o'malley for his signature. opponents will try to put that issue before voters in a november refe
the afghan president says that the u.s. military officer, burned the holy books out of ignorance and with poor understanding. he is pressing nato to put those responsible on trial. outrage is spreading across the country. these protesters, they say that the foreign forces, they have insulted their culture and they don't respect their religion. huge anti-american demonstrations, they are expected to sweep across the country on friday after a day of prayer. tina krauss, cbs news. >> and...
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the u.s. capital. 29-year-old amine el khalifl appeared in federal court today. scott broom joins us live from alexandria with more on what happened. scott. >> reporter: he waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing and it just gets kicked to a grand jury for a formal indictment. so khalifl will stay locked up for the next 30 days. he stood business like with his attorneys today, clearly understood them in english and they made no attempt to argue that he deserved to come out on bail or anything like that. if you have been following this case since last friday, khalifl was arrested friday in a federal sting operation. he was walking toward the capital wearing a suicide vest and carrying a gun. both of those were harmless because they have been provided by under cover operatives working this case. court records accuse khalifl for setting off a suicide bomb. now we did get a new glimpse of khalifl through the eyes of a man who said he attended prayers with the suspect for
the u.s. capital. 29-year-old amine el khalifl appeared in federal court today. scott broom joins us live from alexandria with more on what happened. scott. >> reporter: he waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing and it just gets kicked to a grand jury for a formal indictment. so khalifl will stay locked up for the next 30 days. he stood business like with his attorneys today, clearly understood them in english and they made no attempt to argue that he deserved...
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>> barack obama. >> reporter: how many future u.s. presidents signed the declaration of independence? was it two, four, six or none? >> oh, my. >> we should know this because we're teachers. >> reporter: okay. answer is two. four presidents have been assassinated while in office, lincoln, garfield, mckinley and kennedy. six presidents survived assassination attempts. what u.s. president won a pulitzer prize for his book profiles in courage? was it roosevelt, grant, kennedy or eisenhower? >> kennedy of. >> reporter: what president had a pet mockingbird named dick? was it jefferson, fillmore, eisenhower or nixon? >> has to be nixon. >> reporter: virginia is the birthplace of the most presidents at eight. 31 states in the district of columbia have never claimed native son as president. who was the best looking president? >> the best looking? probably kennedy, obama. it's a tie. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> in 1940 try franklin roosevelt made the first presidential flight -- 1943 franklin roosevelt made the first presidentia
>> barack obama. >> reporter: how many future u.s. presidents signed the declaration of independence? was it two, four, six or none? >> oh, my. >> we should know this because we're teachers. >> reporter: okay. answer is two. four presidents have been assassinated while in office, lincoln, garfield, mckinley and kennedy. six presidents survived assassination attempts. what u.s. president won a pulitzer prize for his book profiles in courage? was it roosevelt, grant,...
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the truck overturned on u.s. route 50 as they hustled to get a second load of water. >> we are volunteers. takes a special person to be a volunteer and put their life on the line. my thoughts and prayers go to their family. i'm proud to have volunteer firemen. >> here in gore, volunteer fire fighting isn't heroic. it's what neighbors and family do for each other. today, we were reminded that it is in fact heroic and the cost can be very high. in gore, virginia, scott broom, 9news now. >> certainly can. zach whitacre was riding on the rear of the fire truck when his dad lost control, according to the west virginia state police, who also noted the road was icy at the time. >>> usually in a trial, the public and the media can see the evidence, but that is not the case for much of the evidence at the uva lacrosse murder trial and today the judge denied a media request to make it possible to see and evaluate things. like george huguely's video taped statement to the police. bruce, we want to know why. >> yeah, derek,
the truck overturned on u.s. route 50 as they hustled to get a second load of water. >> we are volunteers. takes a special person to be a volunteer and put their life on the line. my thoughts and prayers go to their family. i'm proud to have volunteer firemen. >> here in gore, volunteer fire fighting isn't heroic. it's what neighbors and family do for each other. today, we were reminded that it is in fact heroic and the cost can be very high. in gore, virginia, scott broom, 9news...
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the disaster brought a halt to the u.s. space program once it was determined that a falling piece of foam had damaged the shuttle's heat shield. that led to changes in shuttle inspections after future launches. nasa held a day of remember prance at arlington national cemetery last thursday -- remembrance at arlington national accept rather last thursday. >>> skaters at a popular wisconsin resort said it's not something you see every day. a boy was rescued after dangling from a ski lift about 25 feet above the ground at hidden valley ski area sunday. witnesses say that boy was dangling for more than a minute. he fell into the arms of a group of skiers gathered on the ground. he was shaken up but otherwise not hurt. >> they said one, two, three and the person on the chairlift let him go and he was free falling and they just caught him just effortlessly and the boy was very safe. '. >> wow, it is still unclear how he ended up dangling. >>> still to come tonight it was one of the first accidents in the country to be described a
the disaster brought a halt to the u.s. space program once it was determined that a falling piece of foam had damaged the shuttle's heat shield. that led to changes in shuttle inspections after future launches. nasa held a day of remember prance at arlington national cemetery last thursday -- remembrance at arlington national accept rather last thursday. >>> skaters at a popular wisconsin resort said it's not something you see every day. a boy was rescued after dangling from a ski lift...
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that was the question when the u.s. government asked medical journals not to publish studies on bird flu. infections disease pioneer at the national institutes of health was in our studio and explained the reason for the secrecy. basically, he says the details on how the illness could be made more contagious should only be released on a need to know basis. >> you made the results available, there is a possibility that this could be used in the various purposes. >> the doctor says in addition to bioterrorism, he is also concerned about less secure labs trying to repeat the experiment, raising chances of more deadly flu strain could escape out into the public. you can see an extended interview right here on channel 9. that's on biocentury sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. >>> check this out. nasa snapped a pretty amazing picture over the skies of d.c. this week. this is the moon rising over the capital tuesday night. it was taken from arlington national cemetery and i guess if you're a wherewolf, you are feeling hairy right now
that was the question when the u.s. government asked medical journals not to publish studies on bird flu. infections disease pioneer at the national institutes of health was in our studio and explained the reason for the secrecy. basically, he says the details on how the illness could be made more contagious should only be released on a need to know basis. >> you made the results available, there is a possibility that this could be used in the various purposes. >> the doctor says in...
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. >>> now that u.s. park police are enforcing the no sleeping rules it is a much different scene at the occupy d.c. camp sights. this what is mcpherson square looked like -- campsites. this is what mcpherson square looked like saturday morning when officers began confiscating sleeping and bedding gear from the priers. this morning -- protestors. this is what it looked like this morning. >>> this morning there were only two people manning an information tent in mcpherson square and about a half a dozen were walking around the freedom plaza encampment. the demonstrators we spoke with say this weekend's police action hasn't deterred them. >> ever since i got back from miami five days ago i've been awake doing our 24 hour vigil and i plan on continuing to do that until the police decide that we can continue doing what we're doing and sleep. >> 11 protestors were arrested during saturday's morning raid in mcpherson square. one of those arrested is accused of hitting an officer in the face with a brick. >>> th
. >>> now that u.s. park police are enforcing the no sleeping rules it is a much different scene at the occupy d.c. camp sights. this what is mcpherson square looked like -- campsites. this is what mcpherson square looked like saturday morning when officers began confiscating sleeping and bedding gear from the priers. this morning -- protestors. this is what it looked like this morning. >>> this morning there were only two people manning an information tent in mcpherson square...
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he's a u.s. citizen and he is part of an airlines frequent flier program, but not help these women who were strip searched late last year. >> she says, you pull your pants down, please, and she pulls my underwear down. she says lower your pants. >> they are not eligible because they are not frequent fliers. but their horror stories helped spark today. >> tsa precheck is about more than just speeding up travel. it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation security. >> secretary janet announced the expansion to 28 of the nation's busiest airports. including reagan, dulles, and bwi. the program is currently being tested at seven other airports. how does it work? you sign up for the program online before you fly. >> so when the person arrives, they will have in their boarding pass, embedded in the bar code they are part of the tsa precheck program. >> if they are deemed low risk, they will be sent to the presecurity line, a luxury, but not all passengers think it's a good idea. there
he's a u.s. citizen and he is part of an airlines frequent flier program, but not help these women who were strip searched late last year. >> she says, you pull your pants down, please, and she pulls my underwear down. she says lower your pants. >> they are not eligible because they are not frequent fliers. but their horror stories helped spark today. >> tsa precheck is about more than just speeding up travel. it's part of a fundamental shift in how we approach aviation...
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they sleep through the night earlier than the average u.s. infant and according to the author, more self-sufficient. able to amuse themselves without the help of their parents. >> french mother of two, peggy, prides herself in raising her daughters the french and american way. >> certainly have more exposure to different food. i mean, i do shop in the bakery. >> she is a director in georgetown says french parenting starts with the belief that children can learn self-control. that kids must not interrupt adults, for example. they should wait patiently for meals and learn how to play on their own. >> we should still be able to enjoy your adult time and it's important for the balance at large of the family. >> french parenting is in a proper culinary education that starts young. no picky eaters allowed here. >> french parents are very strict about snacking. in general, no snacking at all, except once a day at around 4:00 where kids can have one snack, for example, like this, chocolate cresant. >> >> my kids don't have free access to the cabinets
they sleep through the night earlier than the average u.s. infant and according to the author, more self-sufficient. able to amuse themselves without the help of their parents. >> french mother of two, peggy, prides herself in raising her daughters the french and american way. >> certainly have more exposure to different food. i mean, i do shop in the bakery. >> she is a director in georgetown says french parenting starts with the belief that children can learn self-control....
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the director of u.s. customs and immigration says these operations are getting more and more sophisticated. >> before you'd go to the corner of fourth and main to get something like this and it would be out of somebody's trunk and it would be for 10 bucks. >> not anymore. the best advice? buy your super bowl souvenirs only from officially licensed retailers to prevent getting duped. law enforcement officials say the fake clothing does not just affect the nfl's bottom line. it also hurts the economy. >>> of course, all that merchandise comes with the big game between the giants and the patriots. >> kickoff is about 48 hours away and fans of those teams, football and even the ads, everybody is getting excited. >> manuel gallegas is in indianapolis where the locals are getting worked up, too. reporter: super bowl fans are getting a warm welcome in indianapolis, even the patriots fans. >> pretty nice. nobody has gave me too much crap, but it's early in the day. reporter: that's because just below the surface
the director of u.s. customs and immigration says these operations are getting more and more sophisticated. >> before you'd go to the corner of fourth and main to get something like this and it would be out of somebody's trunk and it would be for 10 bucks. >> not anymore. the best advice? buy your super bowl souvenirs only from officially licensed retailers to prevent getting duped. law enforcement officials say the fake clothing does not just affect the nfl's bottom line. it also...
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. >> in a 2-1 decision, the 9th u.s. circuit appeals court upheld a lower courts ruling that it violates the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples. chris perry and sandy have been fighting to overturn the ban. >> it's not okay to take away something. >> during the four month period, same sex marriages were legal in 2008. an estimated 18,000 couples tied the knott. but 52% of voters put a stop to same sex weddings when they backed proposition 8. the legal fight is far from over. proposition 8 sponsors are promising to appeal all the way to the supreme court. >> we are simply attempting to protect the institution of marriage and its title and definition as only between a man and a woman. >> for now, same sex marriages are on hold until the legal battle plays out. edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. >> same sex marriages rleal in six other states and here in washington, d.c. let's take it out to you guys on a lovely night on the weather terrace. >> it is. it's not going to look this way this time tomorrow. >> there
. >> in a 2-1 decision, the 9th u.s. circuit appeals court upheld a lower courts ruling that it violates the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples. chris perry and sandy have been fighting to overturn the ban. >> it's not okay to take away something. >> during the four month period, same sex marriages were legal in 2008. an estimated 18,000 couples tied the knott. but 52% of voters put a stop to same sex weddings when they backed proposition 8. the legal fight is far from...
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finding criminals, securing the cyber space, the next big challenge for the u.s. government and they need more experts fast. >> we will suffer a catastrophic cyber attack. >> the clock is ticking. the digital investigators of the future are at poolesville high school right now. these four seniors beat out high school teens from around the world in the department of defense contest called the digital forensic challenge. kevin harrison learned how to track a suspect from the cyber crime scene all the way back to the keyboard where it started. he used a tool called wire shark. it traces online conversations. >> and before i had no clue, you know, that it might be something that i would like doing. you know, just digital forensic. but after this competition, it's actually, well, it's been fun. >> reporter: not only could the team alpha win the high school division, but they came in 36th out of more than 1,100 teens, which included graduate students and professional programmers. a reward for their hard work taking classes in atlanta, right next to fbi, nsa, and law enf
finding criminals, securing the cyber space, the next big challenge for the u.s. government and they need more experts fast. >> we will suffer a catastrophic cyber attack. >> the clock is ticking. the digital investigators of the future are at poolesville high school right now. these four seniors beat out high school teens from around the world in the department of defense contest called the digital forensic challenge. kevin harrison learned how to track a suspect from the cyber...
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funk is a member of a u.s. marshal task force and was serving a warrant. dobson later surrendered. >>> caught on tape, a robber with a hammer in alexandria. fairfax police say he held up the mobile gas station located on richmond highway twice in three days. during the second robbery last month the suspect tried to hit the clerk in the face with the hammer before demanding money. anyone with information is urged to call fairfax county police. >>> an advertisement at one area metro station is causing some controversy tonight and one local lawmaker wants it taken down now. we have the story live from the clarendon metro station. what's this ad say? >> reporter: bad taste and offensive or political free speech which we'll see is one of the highest of first amendment protections, those are among the questions surrounding now this billboard in the clarendon metro station on the train level. it says barack obama wants politicians and bureaucrats to control americans' entire medical system. go to hell, barack. it is a poster promoting the documentary movie sick a
funk is a member of a u.s. marshal task force and was serving a warrant. dobson later surrendered. >>> caught on tape, a robber with a hammer in alexandria. fairfax police say he held up the mobile gas station located on richmond highway twice in three days. during the second robbery last month the suspect tried to hit the clerk in the face with the hammer before demanding money. anyone with information is urged to call fairfax county police. >>> an advertisement at one area...
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claims its developing a nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but many western nations including the u.s. suspect scientists are attempting to make a weapon. in washington the white house is weighing measures designed to punish iran through its oil program, but there are fears that will drive up the price of gas. >>> a bitter partisan battle ever extending those payroll tax cuts could be over soon on capitol hill. last night democratic and republican bargainers reached a tentative deal to save the average worker about 20 bucks a week. unemployment benefits would be extended for the year adding about $100 billion to the deficit, a concession from the republicans after the negotiations stalled. >> i still can't believe it is february and you and i are standing here without big coats. >> reporter: i know. i know most of you are happy, but i'd like to see a little winter before spring. >> reporter: we might this understand. >> reporter: we might. we're winter here but in the southern hemisphere it's summer. we'll take you down to auckland, a little bit of a tornado, really a waterspout that
claims its developing a nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but many western nations including the u.s. suspect scientists are attempting to make a weapon. in washington the white house is weighing measures designed to punish iran through its oil program, but there are fears that will drive up the price of gas. >>> a bitter partisan battle ever extending those payroll tax cuts could be over soon on capitol hill. last night democratic and republican bargainers reached a tentative...
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what makes tiana hawkins a good candidate for the u.s. secret service? >> i'm passionate about it. it's something that i really want to do and i feel that with their mission i feel that i'm a good occupant for it. >> now tiana would get up at 6 a.m. every morning for her internship, then go to practice, then go to another job until midnight. she'd get up the next day and do it again. she and the terps are on the court tonight taking on virginia. i'm kristen berset. >>> still ahead tonight imagine if this was your backdrop at work every day, kind of cool. we'll explain why there was some activity outside the oiled international space station today. >>> should flags be flown at half staff for whitney houston's funeral this saturday? one governor is trying to make that happen. i'm kristin fisher in tinley town and just wait until you hear what washingtonians think of this plan coming up. >>> but first they're using their heads to protect others' brains, the work at a local cool school is next. >>> not one, but two stops for the big yellow bus this week. we're headed to leesburg and th
what makes tiana hawkins a good candidate for the u.s. secret service? >> i'm passionate about it. it's something that i really want to do and i feel that with their mission i feel that i'm a good occupant for it. >> now tiana would get up at 6 a.m. every morning for her internship, then go to practice, then go to another job until midnight. she'd get up the next day and do it again. she and the terps are on the court tonight taking on virginia. i'm kristen berset. >>>...
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the u.s. postal service closing down the mail sorting operation. now this is one of at least 223 mail facilities likely to be shut down sometime after may 15. the plan in maryland is to consolidate the gaithersburg facility into the mail facility in capital heights. the postal service says it's going to try to place the clerks in new positions less than 50 miles away. >> still ahead tonight, chicken little may have been right. why scientists think the sky may be falling. coming up. >>> but first, millions of women take them and tonight some birth control pills are being recalled. we'll tell you why and which ones, next in our health alert. >>> in tonight's health alert, a new recall of birth control pills to talk about. drug maker, glenn mark generics is recalling seven lots of oral contraceptives because the pills are in the wrong order. again, these are the generics. a monthly supply contains three different medications and if you take them out of order, they may not work to prevent pregnancy. the packets causing concern were distributed between
the u.s. postal service closing down the mail sorting operation. now this is one of at least 223 mail facilities likely to be shut down sometime after may 15. the plan in maryland is to consolidate the gaithersburg facility into the mail facility in capital heights. the postal service says it's going to try to place the clerks in new positions less than 50 miles away. >> still ahead tonight, chicken little may have been right. why scientists think the sky may be falling. coming up....